CNN’s own polls show Bernie Sanders won the Democratic presidential debate last night, Tuesday, October 13, 2015, hands down. When CNN polled, and asked “Who won the debate?” 83% of people said Bernie Sanders. 83%. Yet, CNN headlines are splashing the big, bold message, Hillary wins debate by landslide. Can
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Writings of J. Todd Ring: My top 6 sources for reliable news and analysis
Here are my top six sources for reliable news and analysis at present. Any one of them puts the mainstream media completely and utterly to shame. If you want to know what is really going on – and with the war drums sounding, the war on democracy, civil liberties and
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: What is happening in Venezuela? It’s certainly not what the mainstream media is telling you
“Much of the reporting by the mass media gives the impression that Venezuela faces a national rebellion. The reality, says Miguel Tinker Salas, is that the protests have been restricted to mostly middle and upper middle class neighborhoods, not entire cities.” – Truthout, What is happening in Venezuela?(Many, many
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Reflections on tumblr, facebook and social media
Going from specifics to depth and breadth, and from particularities to universals, here are some thoughts for your consideration, for anyone who may be interested. I’ve come to love the social networking / blogging community / window onto the web which is called tumblr. That being said, tumblr is largely
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